Benjamin Senseman entered an Alford plea to charges of reckless homicide and second-degree criminal abuse Wednesday in Boone County. That means the defendant believes he would have been convicted but is not admitting guilt.

An appeals court had previously overturned a manslaughter conviction against Senseman, who had been sentenced to 15 years in prison for the death of his 2-month-old daughter, Chloe.

The reckless homicide and criminal abuse convictions carried a possible six-year prison term, but due to the time he's already served in the prior conviction, Senseman is already eligible for parole.

The appeals court ruled last year that detectives had failed to advise Senseman of his Miranda rights before questioning him about the girl's death.

The judge in Senseman's trial denied a defense request to suppress his statements to detectives.

Senseman said he found the girl lying limp in her playpen after he awoke from a nap. Only he and his 2-year-old son were home at the time, and his wife, Laura, was at work.

The girl could not be revived, and an autopsy showed she died from blunt-force head trauma and had several broken bones that were in the process of healing.

Investigators told Senseman of these findings after calling him in for questioning, and they said Senseman speculated that he might have pushed the baby's head into the playpen or handled her too roughly.

Senseman's wife was also charged in the girl's death, but a jury acquitted her.

Defense attorneys for the couple claimed their son might have caused his sister's injuries, and the appeals court noted that multiple witnesses testified that the boy was a "very strong and rambunctious 2-year-old."